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							|  |  |  |         version="5.0" | 
					
						
							|  |  |  |         xml:id="ch-testing-installer"> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | <title>Testing the Installer</title> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | <para>Building, burning, and booting from an installation CD is rather | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | tedious, so here is a quick way to see if the installer works | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | $ nix-build -A config.system.build.nixos-install | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # mount -t tmpfs none /mnt | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | # ./result/bin/nixos-install</screen> | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | To start a login shell in the new NixOS installation in | 
					
						
							|  |  |  | <filename>/mnt</filename>: | 
					
						
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							|  |  |  | <screen> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | # ./result/bin/nixos-install --chroot | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | </screen> | 
					
						
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										 |  |  | </chapter> |